2009-10 Big West Men's Basketball
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2009-10 BIG WEST men’S BASKETBALL Men’s Basketball Contact: Mike Villamor, Information Director - [email protected] • Mailing Address: 2 Corporate Park, Suite 206, Irvine, CA 92606 Phone: (949) 261-2525 • Fax: (949) 261-2528 • Website: www.bigwest.org Final Release: Tuesday, June 1, 2010 2009-10 STANDINGS ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM Conference Overall FIRST TEAM W L Pct. Hm Rd W L Pct. Hm Rd Neut. Player School Yr. Pos. ^$UC Santa Barbara (1) 12 4 .750 8-0 4-4 20 10 .667 11-2 6-7 3-1 Gerard Anderson Cal State Fullerton Sr. F ^=Pacific (2) 12 4 .750 6-2 6-2 23 12 .657 11-4 12-7 0-1 Kyle Austin UC Riverside Jr. F Long Beach State (3) 8 8 .500 5-3 3-5 17 16 .515 8-3 6-10 3-3 Joe Ford Pacific Sr. F UC Davis (4) 8 8 .500 6-2 2-6 14 18 .438 8-5 4-11 2-2 Orlando Johnson UC Santa Barbara So. G Lorenzo Keeler Cal Poly Sr. G Cal State Fullerton (5) 8 8 .500 3-5 5-3 16 15 .516 8-5 7-6 1-4 T.J. Robinson Long Beach State So. F Cal Poly (6) 7 9 .438 4-4 3-5 12 19 .387 6-6 5-12 1-1 UC Irvine (7) 6 10 .375 4-4 2-6 14 18 .438 10-5 3-11 1-2 SECOND TEAM Cal State Northridge (8) 6 10 .375 4-4 2-6 11 21 .344 7-6 2-13 2-2 Player School Yr. Pos. UC Riverside 5 11 .313 2-6 3-5 12 17 .414 8-6 4-11 0-0 Dominic Calegari UC Davis Sr. F Joe Harden UC Davis Jr. G ^Regular season co-champions ( ) Tournament seed $Tournament champion =CollegeInsider.com Tourney James Nunnally UC Santa Barbara So. F Casper Ware Long Beach State So. G Eric Wise UC Irvine So. F SCHEDULE HONORABLE MENTION Postseason Results Big West Tournament Results Player School Yr. Pos. Lenny Daniel Cal State Northridge Jr. F Kenny Daniels Cal State Northridge Sr. G/F NCAA Tournament Big West Tournament David Hanson Cal Poly So. F Bradley Center • Milwaukee, Wis. Anaheim Convention Center • Anaheim, Calif. Michael Hunter UC Irvine Sr. G Jer’Vaughn Johnson Cal State Fullerton Jr. F Jacques Streeter Cal State Fullerton So. G Friday, March 19 - First Round (CBS) Wednesday, March 10 - First Round Sam Willard Pacific Jr. F No. 2 Ohio State 68, No. 15 UC Santa Barbara 51 (#5) Cal State Fullerton 84, (#8) Cal State Northridge 76 Demetrece Young Pacific Jr. G (#6) Cal Poly 73, (#7) UC Irvine 69 CollegeInsider.com Tournament ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM Player School Pos. Thursday, March 11 - Quarterfinals Allen Huddleston Pacific G Wednesday, March 17 - First Round (#3) Long Beach State 79, (#6) Cal Poly 69 Lateef McMullan UC Riverside G Gersten Pavilion • Los Angeles, Calif. (#4) UC Davis 68, (#5) Cal State Fullerton 65 Kyle Odister Cal Poly G Pacific 86, Loyola Marymount 76 Ryan Sypkens UC Davis G Julian Welch UC Davis G Friday, March 12 - Semifinals (ESPNU) Monday, March 22 - Quarterfinals (#1) UC Santa Barbara 76, (#4) UC Davis 62 PLAYER OF THE YEAR Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion • Greeley, Colo. (#3) Long Beach State 68, (#2) Pacific 61 Orlando Johnson, UC Santa Barbara Pacific 63, Northern Colorado 59 Saturday, March 13 - Championship (ESPN2) FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Thursday, March 25 - Semifinals Julian Welch, UC Davis (#1) UC Santa Barbara 69, (#3) Long Beach State 64 Holmes Center • Boone, N.C. Pacific 64, Appalachian State 56 COACH OF THE YEAR ATTENDANCE Bob Williams, UC Santa Barbara Tuesday, March 30 - Championship Session 2 - First Round 1,833 2009-10 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK JQH Arena • Springfield, Mo. Session 4 - Quarterfinals 2,151 Missouri State 78, Pacific 65 (Fox College Sports) Session 6 - Semifinals 2,826 Date Player Team Yr. Nov. 16 Larry Anderson Long Beach State So. Session 8 - Championship 3,113 Joe Harden UC Davis So. Big West teams in bold Total 9,923 Nov. 23 Aaron Thompson Cal State Fullerton Sr. Average 2,481 Nov. 30 T.J. Robinson Long Beach State So. Dec. 7 Kyle Austin UC Riverside Jr. Dec. 14 Stephan Gilling Long Beach State Sr. Dec. 21 Casper Ware Long Beach State So. Dec. 28 Eric Wise UC Irvine So. Jan. 4 Eric Wise UC Irvine So. Jan. 11 Lorenzo Keeler Cal Poly Sr. Jan. 18 Lenny Daniel Cal State Northridge Jr. Jan. 25 Demetrece Young Pacific Jr. Feb. 1 Eugene Phelps Long Beach State So. Feb. 8 Orlando Johnson UC Santa Barbara So. Feb. 15 Gerard Anderson Cal State Fullerton Sr. Feb. 22 Orlando Johnson UC Santa Barbara So. Mar. 1 Jacques Streeter Cal State Fullerton So. Mar. 8 Sam Willard Pacific Jr. 2009-10 BIG WESt men’S BASKETBALL NOTEWORTHY BIG WEST VS. UCSB’s Dance Ends In First Round Huddleston, Welch Mid-Major Frosh All-Americans NONCONFERENCE TEAMS UC Santa Barbara finished its season at 20-10 overall fol- Two Big West players were selected to the 20-member lowing a 68-51 loss to fifth-ranked Ohio State in the first CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Freshman All-American through games of Mar. 25, 2010 round of the NCAA Tournament in Milwaukee, Wis. The Team as Allen Huddleston of Pacific and Julian Welch of America East . 0-0 Gauchos made their fourth NCAA Tournament appear- UC Davis received the honor. Huddleston averaged 5.5 ance, and first since 2002, coming in as a No. 15 seed points per game, ranking fourth on the team with 29 three- Atlantic Coast ..............................0-2 against the No. 2 seed Buckeyes. UCSB held Ohio State pointers. Welch, the 2009-10 Big West Freshman of the Atlantic Sun . .0-0 star and Wooden Award winner Evan Turner to nine points Year, ranked fourth on the Aggies in scoring (7.8 ppg). Atlantic 10.................................0-0 on 2 of 13 shooting, but the Buckeyes hit 10 three-pointers in the game, including seven by guard Jon Diebler. Big Johnson, Ford Also Honored By CollegeInsider.com Big East . 0-2 West Player of the Year Orlando Johnson was the only The hardware kept coming in for UCSB’s Orlando Johnson Big Sky ...................................4-7 Gaucho to score in double figures, tallying 20 points in 33 as the sophomore was one of 30 players named to the minutes of action. UCSB was the sixth different Big West CollegeInsider.com Lou Henson Mid-Major All-American Big South . .1-0 school to earn the conference’s automatic qualifier to the Team. The forward was one of just two underclassmen Big Ten . .0-3 NCAA Tournament in the last six years. to appear on the team. The only other underclassman Big 12 ....................................0-4 on the team was Butler guard Shelvin Mack, who played Gauchos Win Second Big West Tourney Title in the NCAA national championship game against Duke. Colonial...................................0-1 The third time was a charm for Bob Williams and Co. at Additionally, Pacific senior forward Joe Ford was one of Conference USA............................0-0 the Big West Tournament as a No. 1 seed. Coming in 20 players to earn a spot on the Mid-Major Defensive All- Horizon ...................................2-0 as the top-seeded team for the third time since 2003, the American Team by the online publication. Ford led the Gauchos replaced the bitterness of losing in the 2003 and Tigers with 33 blocked shots and tied for team-high honors Independents . 0-0 2008 semifinals with the joy of winning this year’s tourna- with 37 steals. He also averaged 5.5 rebounds per game. Ivy.......................................0-0 ment. UCSB collected its second Big West Tournament In the Big West, Ford ranked No. 4 in blocks and No. 12 Metro Atlantic . 1-0 championship in its second finals appearance, joining the in steals. 2002 team atop the podium. Mid-American ..............................1-0 Johnson, Robinson On NABC All-District 9 Team Mid-Eastern . .0-0 Pacific Falls Just Short Of Making History Sophomores Orlando Johnson of UC Santa Barbara and Pacific attempted to become the third school in Big West T.J. Robinson of Long Beach State were named to the Missouri Valley . .0-2 history to win a postseason tournament championship, National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All- Mountain West . .1-7 following in the footsteps of former conference members Distict 9 Team. Johnson joined Gonzaga’s Matt Bouldin Northeast . .1-0 Fresno State (NIT, 1983) and UNLV (NCAA, 1990). The and Elias Harris, Saint Mary’s Omar Samhan and San Tigers reached the championship game of the second an- Francisco’s Dior Lowhorn on the first team. Robinson’s Ohio Valley ................................0-2 nual CollegeInsider.com Tournament and traveled to Mis- second team honor was shared by Portland’s T.J. Campbell Pacific-10 . .2-8 souri State for the final. Pacific lost 78-65 to the Bears to and Robin Smuelders, Pepperdine’s Keion Bell, and Saint Patriot ....................................0-0 finish the season at 23-12. The Tigers won a Big West- Mary’s Mickey McConnell. leading 12 games on the road this season. Southeastern . 0-1 Thomason, Williams Among Big West’s Winningest Southern..................................2-0 Johnson Transfers Talents To UC Santa Barbara The two longest current tenured Big West head coaches are Southland .................................1-2 UC Santa Barbara sophomore guard Orlando Johnson, also two of the most successful on the all-time victories list. the 2009-10 Big West Player of the Year, is the third con- Bob Thomason ranks second all-time with 387 wins in 22 Southwestern .